GlobalPost — Vietnam

Vietnam in the aftermath of Ketsana

Geoffrey Cain — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:11:15 +0000

Relief efforts are improving in central Vietnam, which has long been afflicted by catastrophic floods.

Silicon Sweatshops: A promising model

Jonathan Adams and Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:54:56 +0000

There's no easy way to police supply chains in Asia. But one US high-tech firm and its Taiwan supplier are taking a creative approach that might just work.

Special report: Silicon Sweatshops

Jonathan Adams and Kathleen E. McLaughlin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:05:08 +0000

Despite strict "codes of conduct," labor rights violations are the norm at factories making the world's favorite high-tech gadgets.

What do you think about Silicon Sweatshops?

News Desk — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:04:19 +0000

Are high-tech supply chains in Asia good business or exploitation? You decide.

Silicon Sweatshops: Shattered dreams

Jonathan Adams — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:24:07 +0000

Migrant workers making gadgets at Taiwan's high-tech parks sign deals that make them modern-day indentured servants.

Silicon Sweatshops: The China connection

Kathleen E. McLaughlin and Jonathan Adams — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:22:58 +0000

For migrant workers, an electronics factory job can be a ticket into China's booming middle class. But for many, it turns into a nightmare of poor working conditions and indifferent bosses.

Silicon Sweatshops: Disposable workforce

Jonathan Adams — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:22:25 +0000

Laid-off Taiwanese workers accuse their firm of violating industry codes even when times were good.

A World of Trouble: Is the nightmare over?

Thomas Mucha — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:35:50 +0000

With signs of economic recovery finally emerging, here's where things stand in 20 countries around the world.

Clean burning stoves in Vietnam

Matt Steinglass — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:05:10 +0000

News analysis: Malaysian model drinks beer, asks to be caned

Thomas Mucha — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:25:08 +0000

The wacky story of the week comes from, where else, Asia?

Meet the economic gangsters

Mark Scheffler — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:03:52 +0000

Economic gangsters come in all shapes and sizes — they're Asian dictators and Somali pirates.

Fears of a nuclear Burma

Patrick Winn — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:15:27 +0000

The evidence, the conspirators and one "very concerned" Hillary Clinton

Kerry: "We are going to take a hard look at Afghanistan"

John Aloysius Farrell — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:21:14 +0000

In an interview, Sen. John F. Kerry recalls his appearance at Vietnam hearings and says he will hold them on Afghanistan.

All-electric, all-Texas

Matt Steinglass — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:25:41 +0000

Video: How a high-tech electric engine from the Lone Star State could change the face of Vietnam.

Footloose in Hanoi

Matt Steinglass — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:41:05 +0000

Faced with a rise in drugs and prostitution, Vietnam bans .... dancing?

A World of Trouble, the sequel

Thomas Mucha — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:40:50 +0000

Special Report: It's still ugly out there.

VietNamNet: Help wanted?

VietNamNet — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:30:16 +0000

Recruitment leaflets seeking workers are appearing in Ho Chi Minh City.

Crisis puts migrant workers in a bind

Bruce I. Konviser — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:39:08 +0000

Some Vietnamese paid so much to get to Prague, it's impossible for them to return home.

Special Report

Thomas Mucha — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:00:07 +0000

20 correspondents, 20 countries and a world of pain. Meet the ground truth of the global economic crisis.

More powerful than a tall building

Matt Steinglass — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:43:50 +0000

Video: Saving a bit of history in Hanoi

Revisiting the Hanoi Hilton

Matt Steinglass — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:50:03 +0000

John McCain and two colleagues make small talk as they tour his former prison.

Down and out in Ho Chi Minh City

Matt Steinglass — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:50:46 +0000

The global economic crisis bears down on Vietnamese workers.

VietNamNet: Vietnamese business warned against "foreign fraud"

Ca Hao, VietNamNet — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:32:34 +0000

Beware the swindle, the Vietnamese government says.

VietNamNet: Vietnamese hunting for houses in the U.S.

VietNamNet Bridge — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:23:55 +0000

America's housing price collapse is a big lure.

Lessons of Vietnam

Matt Steinglass — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:14:06 +0000

A former North Vietnamese Army officer explains how the US is making the same mistake in Afghanistan that it made in Vietnam.

The pitfalls of pacification

Matt Steinglass — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:12:37 +0000

As Obama unveils new efforts in Afghanistan, it is worth a look at what happened in Vietnam. Part two in a series.

Cambodia's coming oil economy

Patrick Winn — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:09:56 +0000

Analysis: What might oil drilling do to a poor country, its people, and its government?

Crying over spilled milk in Vietnam

Matt Steinglass — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:03:25 +0000

China's melamine scandal moves in mysterious ways.

Letter from Hanoi: Vietnam banks under pressure

VietNamNet — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:52:52 +0000

Special from our editorial partner VietNamNet

The War Hotels, Part I: Vietnam

HDS Greenway — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:56:51 +0000

In Saigon there were several war hotels: The Caravelle and the Majestic were popular. But it was the Continental Palace, a relic of French colonial days, that caught the imagination. It had a quiet garden in an internal, Frangipani-filled courtyard where you could have a good, freshly baked French bread and coffee every morning. There was a peacock in the garden that would take your bread off the table, if you weren't looking. The peacock disappeared at a time when there were shortages in the city during the Tet offensive — I suspect into a cooking pot.

The War Hotels: Introduction

HDS Greenway — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:11:08 +0000

A five-part series on where war correspondents have stayed throughout the decades

Obama/Nixon?

HDS Greenway — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:32:14 +0000

Opinion: From the British to the Nixon administration, history holds lessons for Obama in Afghanistan.